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Jedi Academy and Jedi Outcast Code Released
It is really sad to see Lucas Arts close. So many of my first game experiences were titles from that studio. The X-Wing and Tie Fighter games as well as the original Dark Forces will stick with me forever. I … Continue reading
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Houdini 12.5 Released
I occasionally play with Houdini and with the release of Houdini 12.5 I had to play with it again. Check out the FXGuide article for some feature videos! I’m not sure yet why I would need clouds for one of … Continue reading
Updating to Google High Replication Datastore
My main tutorial site content just switched from igamemakerdata.appspot.com to igamemakerdata-hrd.appspot.com. I hope this will not impact anyone out there and I think I have updated all the links to point at the new location. Will this change anything? No, … Continue reading
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Dust: An Elysian Tail™
It is awesome to see games being made by one person. Check out this article on Dust: An Elysian Tail. I love that this was created by an animator that learned how to program during the 3.5 years that it … Continue reading
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Houdini – Dipping my toes in the water
I finally downloaded Houdini on my main machine and did a quick FLIP fluid simulation and render using image based lighting. This was a quick experiment in learning the FLUID workflow and playing with Mantra a little bit. I am … Continue reading
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Getting back on the blogging horse
I have been consuming more tutorials than creating things over the past few weeks. I intend to review some of the tutorials that I have been doing but I also want to focus on creating some interesting renders. Hopefully I’ll … Continue reading
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Learning C++11
Learning C++11 reminds me of meeting a friend you haven’t seen in years where they seem the same at first but as you catch up you find out how much has really changed. In C++’s case the changes are subtle … Continue reading
Blender/BMesh/3Delight Ship Turn Around Test
After downloading Blender 2.63 and Matt Ebb’s 3Delight blender plug-in I decided to do a quick sketch of a space ship. This took me about 10-15 minutes to model and for some crazy reason 3 days to render. This was … Continue reading
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Blender 2.3 Released! May replace Silo for my modeling needs.
To date I have been using Silo for most of my polygon modeling. Today I gave Blender 2.3 a try with BMesh and it was wonderful. Not only did I get BMesh, but I also downloaded a 3Delight exporter from … Continue reading
When should you upgrade your machine?
I haven’t upgraded my CPU and laptop in nearly three years and I am starting to itch to buy some new technology toys. Time since an upgrade isn’t really a good justification so I did some research tonight to figure … Continue reading
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